FBI and CISA Warn of BlackSuit Ransomware That Demands Up to $500 Million

The ransomware strain known as BlackSuit has demanded as much as $500 million in ransoms to date, with one individual ransom demand hitting $60 million. That's according to an updated advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of...

Critical Security Flaw in WhatsUp Gold Under Active Attack - Patch Now

A critical security flaw impacting Progress Software WhatsUp Gold is seeing active exploitation attempts, making it essential that users move quickly to apply the latest. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-4885 CVSS score: 9.8, an unauthenticated remote code execution bug impacting version...

New Linux Kernel Exploit Technique 'SLUBStick' Discovered by Researchers

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a novel Linux kernel exploitation technique dubbed SLUBStick that could be exploited to elevate a limited heap vulnerability to an arbitrary memory read-and-write primitive. "Initially, it exploits a timing side-channel of the allocator to perform a...

Roundcube Webmail Flaws Allow Hackers to Steal Emails and Passwords

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of security flaws in the Roundcube webmail software that could be exploited to execute malicious JavaScript in a victim's web browser and steal sensitive information from their account under specific circumstances. "When a victim views a malicious...

New Go-based Backdoor GoGra Targets South Asian Media Organization

An unnamed media organization in South Asia was targeted in November 20233 using a previously undocumented Go-based backdoor called GoGra. "GoGra is written in Go and uses the Microsoft Graph API to interact with a command-and-control C&C server hosted on Microsoft mail services," Symantec, part ...

CrowdStrike Reveals Root Cause of Global System Outages

Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has published its root cause analysis detailing the Falcon Sensor software update crash that crippled millions of Windows devices globally. The "Channel File 291" incident, as originally highlighted in its Preliminary Post Incident Review PIR, has been traced bac...

Chameleon Android Banking Trojan Targets Users Through Fake CRM App

Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on a new technique adopted by threat actors behind the Chameleon Android banking trojan targeting users in Canada by masquerading as a Customer Relationship Management CRM app. "Chameleon was seen masquerading as a CRM app, targeting a Canadian...

Apple's New macOS Sequoia Tightens Gatekeeper Controls to Block Unauthorized Software

Apple on Tuesday announced an update to its next-generation macOS version that makes it a little more difficult for users to override Gatekeeper protections. Gatekeeper is a crucial line of defense built into macOS designed to ensure that only trusted apps run on the operating system. When an app...

INTERPOL Recovers $41 Million in Largest Ever BEC Scam in Singapore

INTERPOL said it devised a "global stop-payment mechanism" that helped facilitate the largest-ever recovery of funds defrauded in a business email compromise BEC scam. The development comes after an unnamed commodity firm based in Singapore fell victim to a BEC scam in mid-July 2024. It refers to...

North Korean Hackers Moonstone Sleet Push Malicious JS Packages to npm Registry

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Moonstone Sleet has continued to push malicious npm packages to the JavaScript package registry with the aim of infecting Windows systems, underscoring the persistent nature of their campaigns. The packages in question, harthat-api and harthat-hash, we...

Suspicious Minds: Insider Threats in The SaaS World

Everyone loves the double-agent plot twist in a spy movie, but it's a different story when it comes to securing company data. Whether intentional or unintentional, insider threats are a legitimate concern. According to CSA research, 26% of companies who reported a SaaS security incident were stru...

New Android Spyware LianSpy Evades Detection Using Yandex Cloud

Users in Russia have been the target of a previously undocumented Android post-compromise spyware called LianSpy since at least 2021. Cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky, which discovered the malware in March 2024, noted its use of Yandex Cloud, a Russian cloud service, for command-and-control C2...

Google Patches New Android Kernel Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

Google has addressed a high-severity security flaw impacting the Android kernel that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-36971, has been described as a case of remote code execution impacting the kernel. "There are indications that CVE-2024-3697...

New Zero-Day Flaw in Apache OFBiz ERP Allows Remote Code Execution

A new zero-day pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability has been disclosed in the Apache OFBiz open-source enterprise resource planning ERP system that could allow threat actors to achieve remote code execution on affected instances. Tracked as CVE-2024-38856, the flaw has a CVSS...

Researchers Uncover Flaws in Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered design weaknesses in Microsoft's Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen that could enable threat actors to gain initial access to target environments without raising any warnings. Smart App Control SAC is a cloud-powered security feature introduced by...

Kazakh Organizations Targeted by 'Bloody Wolf' Cyber Attacks

Organizations in Kazakhstan are the target of a threat activity cluster dubbed Bloody Wolf that delivers a commodity malware called STRRAT aka Strigoi Master. "The program selling for as little as $80 on underground resources allows the adversaries to take control of corporate computers and hijac...

The Loper Bright Decision: How it Impacts Cybersecurity Law

The Loper Bright decision has yielded impactful results: the Supreme Court has overturned forty years of administrative law, leading to potential litigation over the interpretation of ambiguous laws previously decided by federal agencies. This article explores key questions for cybersecurity...

Enhancing Incident Response Readiness with Wazuh

Incident response is a structured approach to managing and addressing security breaches or cyber-attacks. Security teams must overcome challenges such as timely detection, comprehensive data collection, and coordinated actions to enhance readiness. Improving these areas ensures a swift and...

Critical Flaw in Rockwell Automation Devices Allows Unauthorized Access

A high-severity security bypass vulnerability has been disclosed in Rockwell Automation ControlLogix 1756 devices that could be exploited to execute common industrial protocol CIP programming and configuration commands. The flaw, which is assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-6242, carries a CVSS...

New Android Trojan "BlankBot" Targets Turkish Users' Financial Data

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Android banking trojan called BlankBot targeting Turkish users with an aim to steal financial information. "BlankBot features a range of malicious capabilities, which include customer injections, keylogging, screen recording and it communicates with...

China-Linked Hackers Compromise ISP to Deploy Malicious Software Updates

The China-linked threat actor known as Evasive Panda compromised an unnamed internet service provider ISP to push malicious software updates to target companies in mid-2023, highlighting a new level of sophistication associated with the group. Evasive Panda, also known by the names Bronze Highlan...

DoJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children's Privacy Laws

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ, along with the Federal Trade Commission FTC, filed a lawsuit against popular video-sharing platform TikTok for "flagrantly violating" children's privacy laws in the country. The agencies claimed the company knowingly permitted children to create TikTok accounts...

Hackers Exploit Misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks with Repurposed Minecraft DDoS Tool

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack campaign targeting misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks. The activity, codenamed Panamorfi by cloud security firm Aqua, utilizes a Java-based tool called mineping to launch a TCP flood DDoS attack...

APT41 Hackers Use ShadowPad, Cobalt Strike in Taiwanese Institute Cyber Attack

A Taiwanese government-affiliated research institute that specializes in computing and associated technologies was breached by nation-state threat actors with ties to China, according to new findings from Cisco Talos. The unnamed organization was targeted as early as mid-July 2023 to deliver a...

APT28 Targets Diplomats with HeadLace Malware via Car Sale Phishing Lure

A Russia-linked threat actor has been linked to a new campaign that employed a car for sale as a phishing lure to deliver a modular Windows backdoor called HeadLace. "The campaign likely targeted diplomats and began as early as March 2024," Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said in a report published...

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In today's digital battlefield, small and medium businesses SMBs face the same cyber threats as large corporations, but with fewer resources. Managed service providers MSPs are struggling to keep up with the demand for protection. If your current cybersecurity strategy feels like a house of cards...

Mirai Botnet targeting OFBiz Servers Vulnerable to Directory Traversal

Enterprise Resource Planning ERP Software is at the heart of many enterprising supporting human resources, accounting, shipping, and manufacturing. These systems can become very complex and difficult to maintain. They are often highly customized, which can make patching difficult. However, critic...

New Windows Backdoor BITSLOTH Exploits BITS for Stealthy Communication

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented Windows backdoor that leverages a built-in feature called Background Intelligent Transfer Service BITS as a command-and-control C2 mechanism. The newly identified malware strain has been codenamed BITSLOTH by Elastic Security Lab...

U.S. Releases High-Profile Russian Hackers in Diplomatic Prisoner Exchange

In a historic prisoner exchange between Belarus, Germany, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, and the U.S., two Russian nationals serving time for cybercrime activities have been freed and repatriated to their country. This includes Roman Valerevich Seleznev and Vladislav Klyushin, who are part of a group ...

Cybercriminals Abusing Cloudflare Tunnels to Evade Detection and Spread Malware

Cybersecurity companies are warning about an uptick in the abuse of Clouflare's TryCloudflare free service for malware delivery. The activity, documented by both eSentire and Proofpoint, entails the use of TryCloudflare to create a rate-limited tunnel that acts as a conduit to relay traffic from ...

Over 1 Million Domains at Risk of 'Sitting Ducks' Domain Hijacking Technique

Over a million domains are susceptible to takeover by malicious actors by means of what has been called a Sitting Ducks attack. The powerful attack vector, which exploits weaknesses in the domain name system DNS, is being exploited by over a dozen Russian-nexus cybercriminal actors to stealthily...

Hackers Distributing Malicious Python Packages via Popular Developer Q&A Platform

In yet another sign that threat actors are always looking out for new ways to trick users into downloading malware, it has come to light that the question-and-answer Q&A platform known as Stack Exchange has been abused to direct unsuspecting developers to bogus Python packages capable of draining...

New Android Banking Trojan BingoMod Steals Money, Wipes Devices

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new Android remote access trojan RAT called BingoMod that not only performs fraudulent money transfers from the compromised devices but also wipes them in an attempt to erase traces of the malware. Italian cybersecurity firm Cleafy, which discovered the...

Obfuscation: There Are Two Sides To Everything

How to detect and prevent attackers from using these various techniques Obfuscation is an important technique for protecting software that also carries risks, especially when used by malware authors. In this article, we examine obfuscation, its effects, and responses to it. What Is Obfuscation?...

Google Chrome Adds App-Bound Encryption to Protect Cookies from Malware

Google has announced that it's adding a new layer of protection to its Chrome browser through what's called app-bound encryption to prevent information-stealing malware from grabbing cookies on Windows systems. "On Windows, Chrome uses the Data Protection API DPAPI which protects the data at rest...

Facebook Ads Lead to Fake Websites Stealing Credit Card Information

Facebook users are the target of a scam e-commerce network that uses hundreds of fake websites to steal personal and financial data using brand impersonation and malvertising tricks. Recorded Future's Payment Fraud Intelligence team, which detected the campaign on April 17, 2024, has given it the...

DigiCert to Revoke 83,000+ SSL Certificates Due to Domain Validation Oversight

Certificate authority CA DigiCert has warned that it will be revoking a subset of SSL/TLS certificates within 24 hours due to an oversight with how it verified if a digital certificate is issued to the rightful owner of a domain. The company said it will be taking the step of revoking certificate...

North Korea-Linked Malware Targets Developers on Windows, Linux, and macOS

The threat actors behind an ongoing malware campaign targeting software developers have demonstrated new malware and tactics, expanding their focus to include Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. The activity cluster, dubbed DEVPOPPER and linked to North Korea, has been found to have singled out...

Chinese Hackers Target Japanese Firms with LODEINFO and NOOPDOOR Malware

Japanese organizations are the target of a Chinese nation-state threat actor that leverages malware families like LODEINFO and NOOPDOOR to harvest sensitive information from compromised hosts while stealthily remaining under the radar in some cases for a time period ranging from two to three year...

How To Get the Most From Your Security Team's Email Alert Budget

We'll TL;DR the FUDdy introduction: we all know that phishing attacks are on the rise in scale and complexity, that AI is enabling more sophisticated attacks that evade traditional defenses, and the never-ending cybersecurity talent gap means we're all struggling to keep security teams fully...

Cybercriminals Deploy 100K+ Malware Android Apps to Steal OTP Codes

A new malicious campaign has been observed making use of malicious Android apps to steal users' SMS messages since at least February 2022 as part of a large-scale campaign. The malicious apps, spanning over 107,000 unique samples, are designed to intercept one-time passwords OTPs used for online...

Cyber Espionage Group XDSpy Targets Companies in Russia and Moldova

Companies in Russia and Moldova have been the target of a phishing campaign orchestrated by a little-known cyber espionage group known as XDSpy. The findings come from cybersecurity firm F.A.C.C.T., which said the infection chains lead to the deployment of a malware called DSDownloader. The...

Meta Settles for $1.4 Billion with Texas Over Illegal Biometric Data Collection

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, agreed to a record $1.4 billion settlement with the U.S. state of Texas over allegations that it illegally collected biometric data of millions of users without their permission, marking one of the largest penalties levied by regulato...

New Mandrake Spyware Found in Google Play Store Apps After Two Years

A new iteration of a sophisticated Android spyware called Mandrake has been discovered in five applications that were available for download from the Google Play Store and remained undetected for two years. The applications attracted a total of more than 32,000 installations before being pulled...

The Power and Peril of RMM Tools

As more people work remotely, IT departments must manage devices distributed over different cities and countries relying on VPNs and remote monitoring and management RMM tools for system administration. However, like any new technology, RMM tools can also be used maliciously. Threat actors can...

Cybercriminals Target Polish Businesses with Agent Tesla and Formbook Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed widespread phishing campaigns targeting small and medium-sized businesses SMBs in Poland during May 2024 that led to the deployment of several malware families like Agent Tesla, Formbook, and Remcos RAT. Some of the other regions targeted by the campaigns...

Cyber Threat Intelligence: Illuminating the Deep, Dark Cybercriminal Underground

Learn about critical threats that can impact your organization and the bad actors behind them from Cybersixgill's threat experts. Each story shines a light on underground activities, the threat actors involved, and why you should care, along with what you can do to mitigate risk. The deep and dar...

New SideWinder Cyber Attacks Target Maritime Facilities in Multiple Countries

The nation-state threat actor known as SideWinder has been attributed to a new cyber espionage campaign targeting ports and maritime facilities in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team, which discovered the activity, said targets of the spear-phishi...

OneDrive Phishing Scam Tricks Users into Running Malicious PowerShell Script

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a new phishing campaign that targets Microsoft OneDrive users with the aim of executing a malicious PowerShell script. "This campaign heavily relies on social engineering tactics to deceive users into executing a PowerShell script, thereby compromising...

VMware ESXi Flaw Exploited by Ransomware Groups for Admin Access

A recently patched security flaw impacting VMware ESXi hypervisors has been actively exploited by "several" ransomware groups to gain elevated permissions and deploy file-encrypting malware. The attacks involve the exploitation of CVE-2024-37085 CVSS score: 6.8, an Active Directory integration...